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ArticlePloS one2018

Linear self-assembly and grafting of gold nanorods into arrayed micrometer-long nanowires on a silicon wafer via a combined top-down/bottom-up approach.

Elena Lestini, Codrin Andrei, Dominic Zerulla

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elena LestiniUniversity College Dublin, School of Physics, Science Centre North, Dublin, Ireland.
Codrin AndreiUniversity College Dublin, School of Physics, Science Centre North, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-8858-6485
Dominic ZerullaUniversity College Dublin, School of Physics, Science Centre North, Dublin, Ireland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Macroscopically long wire-like arrangements of gold nanoparticles were obtained by controlled evaporation and partial coalescence of an aqueous colloidal solution of capped CTAB-Au nanorods onto a functionalised 3-mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane (MPTMS) silicon substrate, using a removable, silicon wafer with a hydrophobic surface that serves as a "handrail" for the initial nanorods' linear self-assembly. The wire-like structures display a quasi-continuous pattern by thermal annealing of the gold nanorods when the solvent (i.e. water) is evaporated at temperatures rising from 20°C to 140°C. Formation of both single and self-replicating parallel 1D-superstructures consisting of two or even three wires is observed and explained under such conditions.

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GoldNanotubesNanowiresSiliconColloidsSolutionsColloidsGoldSiliconSolutions

Identifiers

PMID29664920
PMCPMC5903609

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